Horse-collar pad



(No Model.)

J. MORROW.

HORSE COLLAR PAD.

N0. 369,650. Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

v. /CATTEST a? rutznrog 14.22 29% mass 077%:

6 ATTYZS u warns, Pmm-Lm n hm. Wilhlngion. n. c.

ATENT truce.

lint-ran STATES JAMES MORROWV, OF WASHINGTON COURT-HOUSE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TYVO-THIRDS TO RICHARD H. MORROW, OF SAME PLACE, AND GEORGE WV. MORROW, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

HOSE=COLLAR PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,650, dated September 6. 1337- Application filed June 22, 1887. Serial No. 242,154. (No model.) I

To all whom, it rmty concern: being at the same time engaged over the bar Be it known that I, JAMES MORRO'W, of itself, as shown in Fig. V. \Vashington Court-House, Fayette county, 6 represents two pieces of sheet steel or Ohio, have invented a new and useful Imother metal that constitute my elastic bear- 5 provement in Collar-Supporting Pads for ing-plates, of which each plate is bent into Draft-Animals, of which the following is a the represented saddle form, so as to conform specification. to and rest easily upon the animal, the front My present invention is an improvement in pad resting upon the animals neck and the the class of collar-supporting pads exemplirear pad resting upon his withersjust behind 10 tied in the subject-matter of the Patent No. the collar, as shown in Fig. VI.

363,962, granted to me on the 31st of May, Extending vertically from at or near the 1887, to which reference may be had for specenter of the crown or back of each bearingeific details not here shown. In my present plate is a rigid ear, 7, which, being secured by improvement the curved bearing-plates, ina bolt or screw-threaded pintle, 8, to a clip,

15 stead of having their lower edges pivoted to 9, that extends downward from the supportrigid yokes, as in the aforesaid patent, are at ing-bar,constitutes an adjustable hinge attachor about the middle of their backs pivoted or ment of said bearing-plate to said supporthinged directly to the supporting-bar, so as ing-bar, which, while upholding said bar the to leave the edges of the said plates free and desired distance above the bearing-plate, per- 20 at liberty to adapt themselves to the shape mits free vibration of the said plate in the and motions of the animal, and at the same plane of the said supporting-bar about a centime to secure a more simple and compact ter of oscillation situated between the said construction in which the supportingbar is plate and the said bar, and at the same time brought nearer to the bearing-plates. The permits the free expansion or contraction of 25 form here selected to illustrate my improvethe lips of either plate to conform to the animent has the concave surfaces of its bearingmals shape and movements. The clip 9 is plates padded. preferably constructed of spring-steel, and is In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is so proportioned to the bar 1 and ear 7,1especta side elevation of a collar-supporting pad ively, that the screwing home of the bolt-nut 3o embodying my present improvements. Figs. to a point which causes the clip to tightly II andIlIaresectionsonthelineslland IlLreclamp the bar leaves the ear at liberty to Sc spectively. Fig. IV is a full-size elevation of freely oscillate about said bolt as a pintle. one of the bearing-plate ears, showing its ad- The screw-bolt having been temporarily loosjustable hinge attachment to the supportingened, either clip may be shifted longitudinally 5 bar. Fig. V is a crosssection of the supportupon the supportingbar, so as to place them ing-bar in the plane of an ordinary work-colany desired distance apart to suit the particu lar, the figure showing the upper part of such lar animal to which the pad is to be applied.

a collar with the hame-strap engaged over Rivets 10 secure to the under surface'o'l' each the supporting-bar andv the collar-strap enbearing-plate a pad or lining-piece, 11.

4o gaged over the supporting-bar stirrup. Fig. I claim as new and of my invention- VI shows my duplex pad in place upon the 1. The duplex or bridge pad for draft-anianimal. mals, having the two distinct saddle'formed 1 represents a supporting rod or bar, which bearing-pieces 6 6, attached at or about the may be substantially such as described in my middle of their crowns by longitudinally-ad- 5 aforesaid patent. justable hinge-clips 7 8 9 to a bar, 1, pro- 2 is a stirrup hung by its ears 3 upon the Vided at or about its mid-length with means 5 said supporting-bar at or near the mid-length for supporting the collar, substantially as and thereof, and which, when the pad is in use, for the purposes set forth. receives the collar-strap 4., the hame-strap 5 2. The described combination of bar 1, bearing piece or pad 6, the ear 7, the screw bolt or pintle 8, and the clip 9, by which the bearingpad is hingedto the supporting-rod, as and for the purposes set forth.

5 3. The collar-supporting pad for draft-animals, consisting of the combination of the supporting-bar and stirrup 1 2 3 and the pair of self-adjusting bearing-plates 6 6, having their axes of oscillation between said plates and I0 said bar, as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a collar-supporting pad for draft-animals, the combination of the supporting-bar 1, the stirrup 2 3, and the two bearing-plates 6 6, of which each has between its uppersurface and the said bar a hinged attachment thereto, 1 5 as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

JAMES MORROW. Attest:

W. H. DIAL, P. R. EYOKE. 

